To link to the entire object, paste this link in email, IM or documentTo embed the entire object, paste this HTML in websiteTo link to this page, paste this link in email, IM or documentTo embed this page, paste this HTML in website

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
AT SAN ANTONIO
February 19,1992
IN THIS ISSUE...
Intem-for-a-day
2
London Semester
2
At the Institute
2
Business ethics symposium.
..3
"Much Ado About Nothing" ..
..3
Baseball victory
4
Calendar
4
AIDS Awareness Week
Ignorance is high risk
A series of programs, films and testing will focus
on HIV/AIDS as a public health issue during AIDS
Awareness Week at UTSA Feb. 24-28. The theme is
"Ignorance is High Risk."
The panelists for the program Feb. 27, which will
be from 2 to 3:30 p.m., include P. Kay Sharkey,
M.D., director of the immunosuppression clinic at
the Brady-Green Clinic; Wilma Hayek, M.S.N.,
assistant professor at the UT Health Science
Center School of Nursing; and Maria Cruz, a
clinical psychologist who was also affiliated with
the UTHSC Cancer Center, Hemophilia Center and
HIV Center. The program will be in the Humanities-Business Building 2.01.12.
Free, anonymous HIV testing will be available by
appointment on Feb. 24 from 1 to 4 p.m. in the
Student Health Center, Science Building 1.03.02.
Testing will continue to be available every Monday
from 1 to 4 p.m., sponsored by the Student Health
Services and the San Antonio Metropolitan Health
District.
Other programs scheduled during the week are
'The Gay Community's Response to AIDS" at 3
p.m. Feb. 25 in the University Center Mesquite
Room; "Minority AIDS Issues" at 1 p.m. Feb. 26 in
the Multidisciplinary Studies Building 3.02.52;
"AIDS and the Health Profession" at 2 p.m. Feb. 27
in HB 2.01.12; and "AIDS and Campus Life" at 7
p.m. Feb. 27 in the UC Laurel Room.
A Texas red oak tree will be planted during a
ceremony Feb. 28 at 1 p.m. in the Central Plaza
near the MS.
The movies "Condemnation" and "Absolutely
Positive Living With HIV" will be shown at 5 p.m.
To encourage individuals to be tested, several students,
faculty and staff including Dr. Ellen Riojas Clark were
tested for AIDS. Free, anonymous HIV testing will be
available every Monday from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Student
Health Center.
Feb. 25 and 7 p.m. Feb. 27 in the UC Pecan Room.
Also during the week, the Names Project and a
"Close to Home" student art exhibit will be on
display in the UC. Information tables will be set up
around campus.
Sponsors of the week's programming include the
UTSA AIDS Education Task Force, SRA AIDS
Awareness Committee and Minority Information
Center, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Art Guild, MEChA,
Lambda Alliance, Campus Activities Board and
Black Student Alliance.
Library asks, 'Did you find what you need?'
"Did you find it?"
That is the question the UTSA Library attempts
to answer during its first-ever survey the last week
of February and the first week of March.
The Library is conducting the survey to learn if
people using the Library find what they need.
"We hope that this 'Materials Availability Survey'
will be helpful to us in determining priorities for
improving service to our users," said Margaret
Joseph, who is administering the survey. "We
know that many students experience frustration in
finding materials in the Library. We hope to be able
to get a clear idea of whether the problem is that
we don't own the material needed or that the
material is out to another user or that the patron
didn't understand how to find the material."
The survey will be distributed to obtain a representative sample of all types of library users during
the two-week period. The most important information on the survey is the list of books, journals or
other library materials a user tried to find with a
notation as to whether the material was found.
Library staff will analyze the responses to determine exactly what kinds of problems library users
encounter.
"Do we need to buy books that we don't own? Do
we need to get books back on the shelf faster after
use? Do students look for books in the wrong
place? It is important in this era of tight library
budgets to know that we are tackling the problems
in an appropriate order to maximize the effectiveness of every dollar spent," said Joseph.
Actions define university's quality
"Quality is the absence of variance between what
an institution says it is trying to do and what it's
actually doing," said Dr. Richard Richardson
during a lecture to faculty and staff .
In defining "quality," he emphasized the absence
of variance between participation, retention and
graduation rates for Hispanic and African American students and the institutional average. He
cited a study he conducted of 142 colleges and
universities within a 10-state area, including
Texas, and measured their success by that definition.
"We use that ratio so that we do not assume that
an institution that graduated a high proportion of
students in five years, because its students are full
time, would necessarily be better than one where
students took longer to graduate because many of
them work and came in and out of education,"
Richardson said.
Institutions undergo three stages of change
during the process of diversifying their student
population, Richardson said. Stage one is defined
in terms of a change in an institution's environment, a change prompted, for example, by
directive from its board or by legislative imperative
to implement a plan to diversity.
Stage two encompasses the university's strategic
planning and coordination of plans to reflect the
institution to serve the students, a place to learn
and to achieve their potential. This stage is a
process of student support and integration.
Stage three is where the institution adopts
changes such as an emphasis on assessment of
students' learning skills and capabilities, providing
learning assistance that is course specific and
improving pedagogy and faculty support.
To help attain graduation successes for the
diversified student population, Richardson said
that administration's strategies in financial aid,
increasing staffs' awareness, and also diversifying
staff and faculty, plus providing grants and release
time to faculty are important factors that result in
high graduation equity for students. However, he
cautioned that there isn't one single intervention
that is going to change an institution around.
"You go through a process of culture change, and
that requires doing a lot of little things — each of
which has its own contribution," he said.

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
AT SAN ANTONIO
February 19,1992
IN THIS ISSUE...
Intem-for-a-day
2
London Semester
2
At the Institute
2
Business ethics symposium.
..3
"Much Ado About Nothing" ..
..3
Baseball victory
4
Calendar
4
AIDS Awareness Week
Ignorance is high risk
A series of programs, films and testing will focus
on HIV/AIDS as a public health issue during AIDS
Awareness Week at UTSA Feb. 24-28. The theme is
"Ignorance is High Risk."
The panelists for the program Feb. 27, which will
be from 2 to 3:30 p.m., include P. Kay Sharkey,
M.D., director of the immunosuppression clinic at
the Brady-Green Clinic; Wilma Hayek, M.S.N.,
assistant professor at the UT Health Science
Center School of Nursing; and Maria Cruz, a
clinical psychologist who was also affiliated with
the UTHSC Cancer Center, Hemophilia Center and
HIV Center. The program will be in the Humanities-Business Building 2.01.12.
Free, anonymous HIV testing will be available by
appointment on Feb. 24 from 1 to 4 p.m. in the
Student Health Center, Science Building 1.03.02.
Testing will continue to be available every Monday
from 1 to 4 p.m., sponsored by the Student Health
Services and the San Antonio Metropolitan Health
District.
Other programs scheduled during the week are
'The Gay Community's Response to AIDS" at 3
p.m. Feb. 25 in the University Center Mesquite
Room; "Minority AIDS Issues" at 1 p.m. Feb. 26 in
the Multidisciplinary Studies Building 3.02.52;
"AIDS and the Health Profession" at 2 p.m. Feb. 27
in HB 2.01.12; and "AIDS and Campus Life" at 7
p.m. Feb. 27 in the UC Laurel Room.
A Texas red oak tree will be planted during a
ceremony Feb. 28 at 1 p.m. in the Central Plaza
near the MS.
The movies "Condemnation" and "Absolutely
Positive Living With HIV" will be shown at 5 p.m.
To encourage individuals to be tested, several students,
faculty and staff including Dr. Ellen Riojas Clark were
tested for AIDS. Free, anonymous HIV testing will be
available every Monday from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Student
Health Center.
Feb. 25 and 7 p.m. Feb. 27 in the UC Pecan Room.
Also during the week, the Names Project and a
"Close to Home" student art exhibit will be on
display in the UC. Information tables will be set up
around campus.
Sponsors of the week's programming include the
UTSA AIDS Education Task Force, SRA AIDS
Awareness Committee and Minority Information
Center, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Art Guild, MEChA,
Lambda Alliance, Campus Activities Board and
Black Student Alliance.
Library asks, 'Did you find what you need?'
"Did you find it?"
That is the question the UTSA Library attempts
to answer during its first-ever survey the last week
of February and the first week of March.
The Library is conducting the survey to learn if
people using the Library find what they need.
"We hope that this 'Materials Availability Survey'
will be helpful to us in determining priorities for
improving service to our users," said Margaret
Joseph, who is administering the survey. "We
know that many students experience frustration in
finding materials in the Library. We hope to be able
to get a clear idea of whether the problem is that
we don't own the material needed or that the
material is out to another user or that the patron
didn't understand how to find the material."
The survey will be distributed to obtain a representative sample of all types of library users during
the two-week period. The most important information on the survey is the list of books, journals or
other library materials a user tried to find with a
notation as to whether the material was found.
Library staff will analyze the responses to determine exactly what kinds of problems library users
encounter.
"Do we need to buy books that we don't own? Do
we need to get books back on the shelf faster after
use? Do students look for books in the wrong
place? It is important in this era of tight library
budgets to know that we are tackling the problems
in an appropriate order to maximize the effectiveness of every dollar spent," said Joseph.
Actions define university's quality
"Quality is the absence of variance between what
an institution says it is trying to do and what it's
actually doing," said Dr. Richard Richardson
during a lecture to faculty and staff .
In defining "quality," he emphasized the absence
of variance between participation, retention and
graduation rates for Hispanic and African American students and the institutional average. He
cited a study he conducted of 142 colleges and
universities within a 10-state area, including
Texas, and measured their success by that definition.
"We use that ratio so that we do not assume that
an institution that graduated a high proportion of
students in five years, because its students are full
time, would necessarily be better than one where
students took longer to graduate because many of
them work and came in and out of education,"
Richardson said.
Institutions undergo three stages of change
during the process of diversifying their student
population, Richardson said. Stage one is defined
in terms of a change in an institution's environment, a change prompted, for example, by
directive from its board or by legislative imperative
to implement a plan to diversity.
Stage two encompasses the university's strategic
planning and coordination of plans to reflect the
institution to serve the students, a place to learn
and to achieve their potential. This stage is a
process of student support and integration.
Stage three is where the institution adopts
changes such as an emphasis on assessment of
students' learning skills and capabilities, providing
learning assistance that is course specific and
improving pedagogy and faculty support.
To help attain graduation successes for the
diversified student population, Richardson said
that administration's strategies in financial aid,
increasing staffs' awareness, and also diversifying
staff and faculty, plus providing grants and release
time to faculty are important factors that result in
high graduation equity for students. However, he
cautioned that there isn't one single intervention
that is going to change an institution around.
"You go through a process of culture change, and
that requires doing a lot of little things — each of
which has its own contribution," he said.